British merchant Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141446 | Speed changing transmission mechanism of sheet laminating apparatus A speed changing transmission mechanism of a sheet laminating apparatus includes a reverse module, a power output shaft, a first power output roller, a second power output roller, a first belt, a second belt, a power input module and a shift module. Utilizing the re... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7010994 | Drive unit designed particularly for boats A drive unit for boats includes a transmission with two coaxial bevel gears, mounted opposite one another on the same engine shaft, which engage a bevel gear fitted to a shaft orthogonal to the preceding shaft, and elements to mesh the engine shaft with one of the b... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6931954 | Power transmission device A power transmission device includes a pair of gear assemblies and an idle. Each of the gear assemblies includes a first gear having continuous external teeth on a peripheral wall and a second gear having continuous external teeth on a peripheral wall. The first gea... | 08/23/2005 |
| 5458013 | Position with limited torque transmission in one drive direction and release in the opposite drive direction A coupling structure for a reversing mechanism of a printing press, having a fixed gear (18), a pivotable regulating gear (20), and a plurality of parallel tightening bolts (30) extending in a regularly spaced manner around a cylinder shaft (12) of the re... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5079965 | Gearbox The invention concerns a gearbox (9). On the gearbox is front-mounted a hydrodynamic torque converter (3). The gearbox (9) has hydraulically actuatable gear clutches (17, 18, 23 and 28) which are designed structurally alike. The gears (14, 15, 16, 19, 20,... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4800769 | Transmission dual idler reverse drive mechanism A manually operated automotive transmission includes an input cluster shaft that carries a reverse input pinion, a countershaft rotatably mounted parallel to the input shaft, a synchronizer clutch including a clutch sleeve defining reverse output gear sli... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4790552 | Children's cable driven mini-car A children's mini-car includes a three-gear set disposed on a rear axle. The three-gear set, which is driven by the ropes disposed on both sides of the rear axle, is arranged to cooperate with accelerator pedals located on both sides of a front transverse... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4653338 | Apparatus for driving a member The preferred embodiment can be incorporated into a powered instrument which rotates a tool. The preferred embodiment permits changing the direction of rotation of the tool without using the hand that does not grip the instrument housing to operate the to... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4344337 | Reduction and reversing gear for marine propulsion systems A reduction and reversing gear for marine propulsion systems making use of the clutch case of a conventional reduction and reversing gear of a type having an input shaft mounted on an upper part of the clutch case, an output shaft extending in parallel wi... | 08/17/1982 |